Just had a great slice of Peanut Butter Cheesecake at 26 Beach Restaurant. The also had on the menu a Sweet Potato and a Coconut Pineapple, the host said the owner does the baking himself. The peanut butter was the BOMB.

To comment on cheesecake in L.A., we were at Canter's last weekend and had their N.Y.-style cheesecake, which was a separate thing from one they had called creamy-style cheesecake. Our waitress emphasized that the NY-style was not as creamy as the creamy-style. But I and my father-in-law's girlfriend both thought the NY-style was just the thing and that anything called creamy-style that wasn't NY-style would probably be *too* creamy.

Well, that cheesecake was of such a dry texture that it was like eating a very dense bread. It was really quite amazing, if strange to us, and while I'm not sure if I loved it unquestionably, it was pretty good. But we've always thought of cheesecake as creamy. None of us at the table had ever had such a cheesecake.

Have we been wrong all these years?

Also, Burger Boy, if L.A. has all that NY has and then some, can we have some bagel and pizza recs? (Or myabe you already posted them?) :)

Bagels - from Goldstein's Bagels in Glendale (until recently also of Pasadena). There is no other place in LA for a good bagel.

Pizza - I like Casa Bianca's in Eagle Rock but I've seen some controversy here. Joe Peep's is great (on Magnolia in Noho not the other nastiness over in Hollywood), but it is not NY style. I have heard great things about Mulberry's pizza in Encino.

I love the cheesecake at Susina Bakery on Beverly. It is the closest to NY, creamy, perfect buttery graham cracker crust. They mainly seem to be serving their manderine cheesecake in the store (which is good, but not as dreamy as original).